Fantasy Character Design in Photoshop: Create Magical Worlds

Fantasy character design

“Congratulations! You have now reached the end of this Domestika course. I am very pleased that you accompanied me until the end. I hope you learned something new and had lots of new experiences, and above all, that you had fun. Remember: Explore your potential, stay curious and don't be afraid to make mistakes. Mistakes are part of the creative process and are an important factor in your creative growth. Embrace opposites and explore your world with fresh eyes so you can create new worlds. The more relaxed you are with the brush, the more your horizons expand. Never stop practicing, dreaming and learning. Because this is how you take faster steps forward and achieve your goals. Here I have briefly summarized for you the most important steps that you need to follow to create your illustration. Brainstorming Put together a mood board that is as diverse as possible, with images of colors, shapes, animals, and flora. Try to find images that speak to you, not just those that are related to the topic. After that, look for drawing references. Sketching Using the mood board, draw several loose sketches of possible designs. Choose a design and work on it. The composition Find a composition for your picture and try to tell a story with it. Make a simple and loose sketch for the background and draw your character in it.

The line drawing Refine your character design and further develop it using references. Draw the lines calmly and enjoy the process! This may give you even more ideas that you can refine. The primary colors Work on the color concept of the image and find the basic colors. Color is how you begin to bring your scene to life. The lighting atmosphere Find a meaningful lighting mood. Dare to add strong lighting accents. Textures To add a touch of realism to your image, add textures using photo textures. Don't use too many - just to create accents. Rendering and Details Paint details primarily at the focal points of your image, that is, where you want the eye to go. The magical glow Paint the magical light to focus on the figure and give your painting a nice finishing touch. Once you're done, upload your project to the forum. To do this, simply click on “Create your project”. Remember to add the pictures of the different stages to show the entire process. You can also write a short explanation about this. It was a great pleasure for me to be able to share my knowledge and experiences with you. I encourage you to participate in the forum, share your process with other course participants, and give and receive feedback. From time to time I will also be in the forum to answer your questions and give you advice. I'm really looking forward to seeing your floral creatures! Good luck and joy on your artistic paths! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Dear students, the time has come. After we started the journey together, we have now reached our goal. I hope you had many new experiences and perspectives can take with me and I also hope you had a lot of fun doing it. In this video I want you one Give a summary of the steps of our course. Each lesson is like a stepping stone on the way to new magical worlds. After that we went to the first character development and creating your own first character. I have shown you, how I depict plants and lay the first basic colors. That's how you learned like me using different techniques Capture volum...”

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Course summary for: Fantasy Character Design in Photoshop: Create Magical Worlds

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (43)
• 2248 students
• 4 units
• 31 lessons (7h 58m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration